Touch helps babies and toddlers learn self-awareness. The discovery could lead to interventions for kids with motor development delays.

An expert breaks down why affectionate touch can be so beneficial in a relationship, whether it's romantic or not.

A new wearable device uses touch to direct the wearer. It could help in navigation or be useful for people with vision or hearing problems.

Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, according to new research.

A cultural collaboration with deafblind people led to the development of a high-tech device to help navigate their world post-lockdown

A device could be use to transmit a camera’s video feed into moving patterns of electrical stimulation on the surface of the tongue.

A study in mice identifies a chemical messenger that carries signals between nerve cells that transmit the sensation known as pleasant touch.

A new way for people to receive tactile feedback in virtual reality uses the lips, mouth, and tongue. "It makes the experience much more immersive."

When designing neuroprosthetic devices for users to control with their thoughts, engineers must take into account the sensory information brains collect from the environment and how it gets processed.

It’s intriguing how some people experience ASMR while others don’t - our latest research suggests that many ASMR responders are highly sensitive “orchids”.